A student in my Intro Bio class is interested in learning more about the origin and evolution of the genetic code. I am looking for some relatively recent papers to suggest to her. I have found the following:
- A four-column theory for the origin of the genetic code: tracing the evolutionary pathways that gave rise to an optimized code
- Optimization models and the structure of the genetic code
- Origin and evolution of the genetic code: the universal enigma
- On origin of genetic code and tRNA before translation
- Imprints of the genetic code in the ribosome
- Codon size reduction as the origin of the triplet genetic code
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